The Grand Tournament

[Miss Raichu]

Name: Kassandra
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Appearance:

Personality: Kassandra is a very smart girl for her age. Her father was a scientist and she was sent to one of the best boarding schools in Kanto. And on top of all that she graduated top of her class. In her opinion there is nothing about Pokemon that she does not know. But, she's never owned a Pokemon herself. She'd prefer to keep her head buried in a book or out alone with a Pokemon then socialize with anyone. Because of a very unfortunate accident in school, she's never been able to really trust anyone since, and is always suspicious. But that's just her personal feelings, she's still capable of making friends if she tires, she's just very selective about the friends she makes. If Kassandra really puts her mind to something, she can achieve it. The powerful drive that burns in her soul when she comities to something will always pull her through. (I hate writing personality >_> So is this enough?)

History: Kassandra's mother died from birth complications and was left in the care of her Father. She was born and raised on Mandarin Island South, the largest Island in the Orange Archipelago. Her father was a scientist who worked for some obscure little company that she can't even remember the name of. He never spoke of his work, Kassandra found this very strange but never questioned it. She had a great relationship with her father, and instead of going to a regular public school, her father felt that she should be taught about Pokemon. So he taught her the fundamentals of Pokemon training and breeding. This was what truly sparked her interest, she loved the idea of having lots and lots of Pokemon, helping them grow, training them to be wonderful, strong Pokemon and capturing rare and unusual Pokemon. The entire concept captivated her. Despite the fact that Kassandra knew that being home schooled had caused her social skills to crumble, she never regretted it.

She loved everyday she spent being taught by her father, she'd even spend her nights reading his old research books. She loved Pokemon, but she rarely ever had a chance to see one in real life. Her father always told her that she wasn't ready to own a Pokemon, Kassandra would protest until her face turned blue but he'd never budge. He always told her "One day, you'll have a Pokemon. But right now you're not ready." Still to this day Kassandra is mad about that

When she was ten he had to move away for work, some big shot company hired him. He told her that if he left, he could make so much money, and she'd always have enough to make her happy. Before he sent her off to a Pokemon Boarding school, he promised that one day he'd come back, and they'd buy a farm and just raise Pokemon. Kassandra would always think about this, she couldn't wait for his return.

School was terrible for her, she never made any real friends because she'd never really had a chance to socialize and grow with people. When she was thirteen one of her classmate pushed her off the balcony of the second floor, she broke her nose and ever since it's been just slightly bent to the left side. Since then she's always felt as if she could never truly trust any humans. When she was fifteen she graduated top of her class, she figured her father would have been very, very proud. But since the day her father left she was never able to have any contact with him. Whatever work he was doing was so secretive and so important that he wasn't even allowed to send a letter to his own daughter. However her father would send her money, and she had a lot of it. After graduation Kassandra felt it was time she got a Pokemon. She packed up what little she owned and left on a boat for Pallet town.

RP Sample:

Silky white hair tightly strung up, orange, bows decorated the head of a young female. A set of pigtails rest on her shoulders, which where covered by a thick matching orange hooded sweater. Written across her face was a look of fear and just a tinge of sickness. Her pale hands clung tightly to the metal fencing at her backside. The bars where the only thing separating her and the ocean. The water at her back was nothing but soft, tranquil waves and the blue sky was at peace with the sun, but not even this could calm her worried mind.

A salty breeze blew over the deck of the boat as it sliced through the water. The wind gently lifted the frills on the girl's elegant skirt, she only wished that she had the courage to remove her grip from the bar behind her so that she may adjust her skirt.

"I...hate...the...ocean." she muttered under her breath while trying to swallow back the sickness that boiled in her stomach. She had spent her entire trip, 12 hours, clutching to that bar. Despite living on an Island her entire life, she was terrified of the ocean.

In the distant horizon the poor girl saw what may have been the most happiest sight she'd ever seen. Land.

"Kanto!" She proclaimed as she jumped to her feet, releasing the deathly grip she had on the safety bar. Nothing could be a more reassuring sight.

"Finnaly, my own Pokemon" this consumed her mind, and her fear instantly slipped away. "My own journey."



(As far as Pokemon go; please, please, please! Not Torchic. I hate Torchic >_<)

 

[Trainer Kat]

OOC: I'm gonna need a more detailed history and personality. And yeah, I need a sample, sorry. xD

 

[Miss Raichu]

((Right right, sorry. I'm always so bad at explaining personality. One of my Rolepalying flaws TT__TT
Okay can you give me an idea of how I'd be placed into the story, because I started so late. Would I already have my Pokemon or what?
This will help me right a better background story ;3))

 

[Trainer Kat]

OOC: I'm gonna post it in the OOC thread, ok? xD It's in the RP lounge.

 

[Kansas]

Fen's excitement over catching his new Pokemon was VERY quickly over shadowed by Kat's anger at his inattentiveness.

"You mean you weren't paying attention?!" Her face was a deep red, more so out of anger than anything else. "That's your job, Fen! You're the smart one!"

The two stared at each other under the dim glow of Axel's tail flame for quite a while as even the forest seemed to have silenced itself. Kat's face was definitely full of anger. She... actually yelled at him. He had only known her for the span of barely a day but even then... she snapped without warning. Fen's face slumped as the awkward silence continued to carry on. Even Forest had an eye peeked open to see what would unfold. What she said ricocheted through his mind over and over.

"That's your job, Fen! You're the smart one!"

Fen sat for a moment trying to summon something to say but nothing came forth. He looked up at Forest and finally broke the silence, not talking to Kat... but to Forest.

"Hey, Forest, break down some tree branches with Bullet Seed." He said in a low monotone voice.

The little Treecko stood up on Fen's head and inhaled deeply and spit out, spewing a spray of seeds into the tree canopy above them. A bundle of branches fell to the forest floor to Fen's right. He cleared out a space on the ground and piled the branches on top of each other, holding one of the branches near Axel's tail. Igniting the stick he tossed it on the pile and in short time it was at full height. He inspected his campfire work and nodded with satisfaction. He looked at Kat, she hadn't said a word the whole time. Fen fished in his pocket, pulling out Forest's pokeball and returned him to it for only the second time since they had met. Fen really wasn't in the best of moods anymore. He looked at Kat through not so pleasant eyes and walked away, propping himself against a far tree. Her words still haunting his thoughts.

"That's your job, Fen! You're the smart one!"

"Ya... i'm just the smart kid... whatever..." Fen thought to himself as he made himself comfortable against the base of the tree, crossing his arms in front of him. He finally looked up, speaking to Kat.

"We'll just camp here tonight. I'll send Forest to the top of the trees in the morning... He should be able to see the exit. Goodnight, Katrina." Fen said calmly to her as he looked up into the starry sky which could barely scrape through the tree tops.

 

[Trainer Kat]

While Fen busied himself with camping preparations, Kat made her way over to a tree opposite from Fen.

"We'll just camp here tonight. I'll send Forest to the top of the trees in the morning... He should be able to see the exit. Goodnight, Katrina." Fen said calmly to her as he looked up into the starry sky which could barely scrape through the tree tops.

Hearing her full name escape Fen's mouth made the blonde flinch, visibly wounded. She placed her hands on the ground, pushing herself up. Moving around to the other side of the tree, she removed her muddy clothes from her trainer bag. She changed into her own clothes, cringing slightly at the feel of the caked-on mud. Once fully clothed, she stormed around to the front of the tree, throwing the clothes in Fen's face.

"Here...Fenra. I don't need them." With that, she reached in her bag and pulled out a cigarette, lighting it. "And I don't need your advice either." Recalling Axel, she called out Gastly, who responded with an enthusiastic lick to her cheek, though not laced with paralyzing venom as per usual.

"Gastly, can you...lead me somewhere?" Her voice was shaking as she placed her hands on either side of the black ball, fingers deep in the purple gas. The Pokemon gave a sharp nod and began to drift away from the campsite. Kat hesitated, momentarily removing the cigarette from her lips to say one final sentence. "There, now you get to see my new Pokemon. Maybe you can research him or something later." Her voice still quivered as she spoke.

With that, she let Gastly lead her to a secluded region of the forest. She released Axel without hesitation to ward off the pitch black. Kat sat against a tree trunk, knees hugged tightly to her chest, silently smoking. Had she wanted to, she would not have been able to find words to speak, as her voice had seemingly left her. Instead, she cradled her knees in one arm and smoked with the other, Gastly rubbing comfortingly against her cheek.

 

[Kansas]

"Gastly, can you...lead me somewhere?" Kat said, clearly flustered as she walked aimlessly into the forest. Fen could obviously guess he hit a nerve calling her by her full name. He folded the clothes over his arm and laid them gently over his lap. He pulled out Forest's pokeball once again and released the little guy into the clearing in front of him once more.

"Well Forest... Kat ditched us and went off by herself." He said to the Treecko as it stared back to him blankly. "What?! Don't give me that look! She started it!" He said defensively to the little green Pokemon who hadn't really changed facial expressions.

The two stared at each other through lazy eyes for a few minutes before Fen finally broke the silence again. "No I'm not going after her, are you nuts? I'd just get lost too, and I KNOW she's lost." He said to Forest sternly. Forest continued to stare back into Fen's eyes blankly.

"Fine. We'll go find her, but you better be sure you know where she went." Fen said aggrivated to the little Pokemon as he kicked dirt over the fire, putting it out. "Well, she went this way, so lets go... we probably outta move fast, it wouldn't be right to leave a lady alone in a dark forest, aye?"

Forest rolled his eyes at Fen's worry over Kat and leaped ahead of Fen into the trees, following the trail of broken twigs and smashed leaves she had carelessly left. Fen followed the tiny pokemon who was barely visible through the moonlight for what seemed like hours until they saw a faint orange glow breaking through the forest's darkness. Forest resumed his perch on Fen's head and Fen emerged in front of Kat, looking at her with the more accustomed, annoyed face she was probably used to. He tossed the clothes back on her and stepped over her, sitting on the other side of the tree. There was no room to start another camp fire.

After a while, he spoke to her through the silence calmly. "You know...smoking isn't good for you in the slightest... I don't want my lovely assistant hacking up her lungs...but I'll let it slide...this time." The night seemed to press all around them with the moonlight reflecting off the leaves and dew. Forest was especially much happier, having returned to his favorite spot.

"and those gross muddy clothes aren't even dry... you're gonna catch a cold sitting on that wet grass with wet clothes...hurry and change... please?" Fen said to Kat, not sure if she was even listening to what he had to say.

Worn out from the day's excitement, Fen couldn't even stay awake long enough to wait for Kat's answer. He immediately slumped off to the side, laying in the grass using his bag as a pillow. His faint but heavy breathing could faintly be heard through the night air.

 

[Trainer Kat]

Kat's tiny body shook as she sat in the grass. Even lifting the cigarette to her lips was no easy task, at least not when her hands were shaking as much as they were. Even with Axel's tiny tail flame, she was freezing. Gastly, who had quickly grown fond of his trainer, nervously floated near her. His porous form held no warmth, however, and did little to heat her body. As if on command, Fen and his Treecko emerged from the shrubbery.

"…What do you want?" she mumbled, turning her head away from the boy as he tossed his clothes into her lap before moving around to the other side of the tree. They sat like that for awhile, until Fen finally spoke.

"You know...smoking isn't good for you in the slightest... I don't want my lovely assistant hacking up her lungs...but I'll let it slide...this time." Kat looked down at the cigarette in her hands as Fen continued. "And those gross muddy clothes aren't even dry... you're gonna catch a cold sitting on that wet grass with wet clothes...hurry and change... please?" He said to Kat, not sure if she was even listening to what he had to say.

Kat clutched the clothes. She didn't want to. She wanted to take the clothes and wrap them around Fen's scrawny neck and strangle him with them. She hadn't been this angry in a while. Still…

"Yeah alright." She slowly changed into the clothes, clothes that she had almost become accustomed to. The loose, dry fabric instantly brought her a little warmth. Her clothes were wadded up and deposited back in her bag. She sat there, back against the tree for quite some time. Eventually, she slyly poked her head around to look at Fen. He was curled up, head on his messenger bag. She sighed. There was no way she could stay mad at him, especially when the argument was her fault in the first place. Of course, he probably was still angry with her.

"Axel…" She didn't even have to finish the sentence. Axel went right over to Fen and curled up by his abdomen. Kat simply stayed with her knees near her chest, sitting up against the tree. Gastly rested lightly in her lap, and she curled her arms around him like a stuffed animal, gently setting her head against him and falling asleep.

 

[Yaziyo]

The city was bustling, this being the end of the evening rush. Taxis, bikes and cars alike were zooming around, there were people walking on the footpaths and the occasional rattata or meowth showing itself from the sidestreets. "I made it." Yaz breathed a sigh of relief, enjoying the sight.

Yaz's first objective was to find the Pokemon centre. He was tired, hungry and his Pokemon needed healing. However, this was much easier than the previous sentence tried to make it seem. He was standing right in front of it. Peering up, he spotted the collosal building. With its oversized Pokeball on the roof, a constant flow of what were presumably trainers walking in and out and large neon letters reading "POKEMON CENTRE", there was no mistaking it. He stepped through the glass doors, to be swept up by a refreshing blast of air conditioning. It was quite a sight inside, packed to the brim with trainers and pokemon, people eating, a few playing cards, some talking to the nurses at the counter. The nurses at the counter... Yaz looked over to the counter. "Time to heal my Pokemon," He mumbled, grinning as he stared at the working nurses.

He casually strolled over and waited in line and within a few mintues it was his turn. He handed his 2 pokeballs one of the nurses and upon their return, decided to throw in the seediest comment he could think of at the time. "So, nurse, you enjoyed handling my balls?". He was promptly 'escorted' out, by 2 large men in suits. "Crap." He told himself alloud as he stood outside again, back in the same position as half an hour ago. 'Crap' was entirely correct, he was now out of a meal and out of a free bed for the night. And on top of this, he was still hungry as hell!

His stomach growled in protest as he walked away from the Pokemon centre and down the road. He had to find something to eat. Yaz scanned every square metre of the road, looking for any restaurant still open at this time. No luck. He sighed as he sat himself down on a bench near a bus stop. Turning his head, he noticed a large banner on the bus stop.

"Ludicolo's Pizzas
24 Hour Pizza Delivery
Call 985-866-866!"

"Pizza." Yaz plainly stated. "Pizza." He repeated in much the same fashion. After grinning his widest grin for the day, he pulled out his phone and smashed in the number.

20 minutes later, a man came in a red van and delivered the night's dinner. After paying him, Yaz reached into his bag and pulled out the balls containing his 2 traveling companions, Afro and Oddish to set them free to join him for dinner. "Hey guys, let's eat!" He excitedly told them. As he began to feast, Yaz watched the two try and eat pizza. Afro and Oddish pulled one peice out of the pizza to share and stood on it. They then began to lick off the topping before starting to chew into the top of the crust. By the end of the meal, the two were covered in sauce and their trainer enjoyed a never before seen show. Tired and with nowhere else to go, he stretched out and slepped on the bench, Afro sleeping on his chest and Oddish under the bench.

 

[♣Gawain♣]

[Is it evening? I've lost track of the time again...]

"Darn it! We lost em'!" W. said dissapointingly. He had been following them for 30 min. and he had lost sight of them. "Never mind, we can find them anyway..." he said. This time W. is preparing dinner for his pokemon. They ate quickly, afraid that hungry wild pokemon might grab his loot. For a few minutes or so, W's most feared of came true. His extra food dissapeared out of thin air! W. was on his temper again.

"OOOOOOOLLLLIEEEE!!" he screamed. "Didn't I tell you not to gobble up food without my permission!?"

"Bui! Bui! Bui!" Olie cried, shaking his head. "So, your'e telling me that you did'nt stole the food?" W. asked. Olie nodded. "Then who did it then?" W. asked. Olie shrugged, but as he saw footprints, he pointed it."Bui! Bui!" Olie said. W examined it, which in his opinion, likens that of a fox or jackal, then said. "I'm tired of playing 'detective and catching the culprit game', but I will think of a better plan." he said. Then he rounded up his pokemons(except Feebas who was sleeping.) and planned their trap.

"OK? then let's do it!" W. said.

 

[Miss Raichu]

Silky white hair tightly strung up with orange bows decorated the head of a young female. A set of pigtails rest on her shoulders, which where covered by a thick matching orange hooded sweater. Written across her face was a look of fear and just a tinge of sickness. Her pale hands clung tightly to the metal fencing at her backside. The bars where the only thing separating her and the ocean. The water at her back was nothing but soft, tranquil waves and the blue sky was at peace with the sun, but not even this could calm her worried mind.

A salty breeze blew over the deck of the boat as it sliced through the water. The wind gently lifted the frills on the girl's elegant skirt, she only wished that she had the courage to remove her grip from the bar behind her so that she may adjust her skirt.

"I...hate...the...ocean." she muttered under her breath while trying to swallow back the sickness that boiled in her stomach. She had spent her entire trip, 12 hours, clutching to that bar. Despite living on an Island her entire life, she was terrified of the ocean.

In the distant horizon the poor girl saw what may have been the most happiest sight she'd ever seen. Land.

"Kanto!" She proclaimed as she jumped to her feet, releasing the deathly grip she had on the safety bar. Nothing could be a more reassuring sight.

"Finnaly, my own Pokemon" this consumed her mind, and her fear instantly slipped away. "My own journey."

The closer she came to the land the happier she got, the fact that she was in the middle of a giant body of water slipped away. Having her own Pokemon was so exciting, so happy that she was able to completely overcome one of her greatest fears.

The boat slowly pulled up to the dock, it was an incredible tease.

"Hurry it up! I'm already so very late!" she demanded as the incredible pressure of the wait started to become unbearable. The moment the wooden docks were in view she leaped from the boat and gracefully landed on her feet. Without even a second glance she took off at full speed.

"I can't wait! I wonder which one I'll get..." the girls thoughts drifted away to all of her possibilities, lost in this wonderland it only felt as if she had been walking for mere seconds when she finally reached the lab.

She took a deep breath and gazed up at the doors to Professor Oak's lab. A smile, which is a very rare thing to see from her, stretched across her face. This was it, sixteen years she waited for the day she could have a Pokemon to call her own. Sixteen long years. And now, it's finally happening.

"This is it." she thought to herself as she placed her hands up against the doors and gave them a firm push. All the anticipation bouncing through her head made it feel as if it was about to explode.

Unfortunately for her the doors wouldn't budge. She sighed sharply, with her passing exhale she lifted her foot in the air and with a blunt kick her shinny, black dollie shoe slammed into the door. The entrance to the lab swung open violently. Everyone inside the lab rested their eyes on her. Normally this would completely embarrass her, but no not today not now.

From the back of the room extended an aged voice of a male. "So you must be Kassandra, you're pretty late."

Kassandra's eyes shifted around the room the rested on the face of the man who was speaking to her. She knew who it was instantly; Professor Oak.

"I'm so sorry Professor, but the boat ride took forever. Not much I could have done about that." she explained.

"Oh not to worry, I still have your Pokemon, let me get your stuff." Oak smiled and walked off out of Kassandra's view. The tension was killing her, which Pokemon would she get? She readily unzipped her backpack, once she had her Pokemon she was heading straight for Viridian city.

"Alright, here you go." Oak walked down the hallway leading towards Kassandra. Six PokeBalls and a PokeDex. Noticing her anxiousness Oak simply dropped the spare Pokeballs into Kassandra's backpack and then held out his hands open, holding a Pokeball in one hand and a PokeDex in the other.

"This is finally happening." she whispered under her breath while taking hold of her new Pokemon and PokeDex.

She turned to the door and took off at fullspeed. "Thanks!" she screamed back to Oak as the lab faded into the distance.

With Pallet town out of view Kassandra finally slowed down. She had made her way to a gently forested area, with a small lake just up ahead.

"Well, certanily this is a good of a place as any to find out what my first Pokemon is." Kassandra decided and nodded to herself. She skidded down the small grassy slope that lead to the shores of the lake. The sun was setting and the sky looked as if it was lit a blaze. Kassandra held the Pokeball containing her new Pokemon tightly.

"Here we go!" She cheered. Kassandra placed the Pokeball down in the grass in front of her and she tapped the small button in the center of it. The instant it took for the ball to open felt like it lasted a life time.

"Chhikaa" it whinnied as the little creature's eyes meet Kassandra; it's new master's eyes. Kassandra scanned it over. A small, bright green beast with big bright eyes and a huge leaf on it's head. Kassandra instantly knew what it was.

"A Chikorita? Wow..." Kassandra was speechless. She was frozen, just gazing off at her new Pokemon. And a smile, a truely blissful smile. A way that Kassandra haven't smiled since she'd been with her father.

((OOC: This is getting boring XD. Time to fast forward ;3))

The two quickly made haste to Viridian.

Kassandra reached the city with Chikorita close by her side. The two instantly hit it off, but Kassandra knew this would happen. She's so much better with Pokemon then she is with people.

Lack of sleep for the past 16 hours really tires some out, so Kassandra decided to rest at the local Pokecenter.

((OOC: MOST RUSHED INTRO EVER! I kinda half assed it, just so I could catch up. Don't worry the rest of my posts wont be like this.))

 

[Phanima]

It was already getting late and from the looks of it, everyone seemed to have either settled in the Pokemon Center, which was weird since he hadn't seen anyone go to sleep yet, or were still outside roaming the streets of Viridian. It wasn't that he was worried about them, it was just that from the moment they reached the city, the group seemed to have split up, which was odd, since they had all gotten pretty close to one another, despite only knowing each other for a little less than a day, and he would've thought they would've said something if they were going to leave. But as it was now, all he could do was wait and hope that everyone would show up sooner or later, besides, if they at least stuck together, they'd be alright.

The center's double glass doors slid apart as one of the few late night customers staggered inside. It was already late and the usual crowd of trainers that occupied the center had either left on their own or had taken refuge in the center's public bunkers, so it was a rare sight that a trainer would come in so late, despite the center being opened all night.

"Mhmm?" Kozue chirped as he prized open his heavy eyes at the sound of the opening automatic doors. "Oh, it's a trainer...oh, wait-"

After sitting up and waiting in the center's lobby for over an hour, the blonde's internal clock was finally slowing down. He was tired and was having trouble keeping himself awake in an effort to greet anyone from the group who might return. Seeing the new trainer however, he could tell she seemed fairly beat as well and decided to offer her a hand. Besides, it would be a good chance to meet new people, as well as a great way to pass the time.

The girl who was accompanied by a small green leaf-headed creature slumped onto a nearby seat where the two took a chance to catch their breathes. She looked young and around his age, and although she and her Pokemon appeared slightly scuffed and ruffled, she didn't seem to need any immediate attention from the nurses. Seeing this as a good opportunity, Kozue gently sidled over to the girl and held out a small hand towel from his shoulder strap backpack.

"Here," he said with a tired smile, "you look tired."

OOC: I liked it Rai, lol. It was a good summary. And ack...I didn't like what I did with this post, but like Ko, I am pretty tired, so I suppose it's good enough for now. I'll wrap it up soon so we can progress.

 

[Lash]

It was night time now in Viridian City, possibly around 11:00PM. Late it was, Marcus was still awake on the couch. His Pokemon were sleeping, Pika and Nidoran♂ near the floor next to the couch. Marcus began wondering what kind of Pokemon he will encounter in the Viridian Forest, and what kind of trainers he will face. Also on his mind, is his next capture. Maybe a bug Pokemon like Butterfree, or a Beedrill. Maybe a wild Pidgeotto? To much to decide, too much on his mind. He closes his eyes to sleep to free his mind of such thoughts. Especially since the young trainers mind needs to be free so he can concentrate on battling and training for his first gym battle.

However, only two hours pass. He wakes up after dreaming of Pokemon, and sits straight up in the couch. The time now is 1:00AM. It is still dark out, but Marcus wanted to get to his destination. He wakes up the sleeping Pokemon, both them jumping upwards. Pika onto his shoulder, and Nidoran♂ to be held in his arms. He exits the Pokemon Center, and most of the city lights are out. Marcus begins getting chills in his spine since he does not know what is lurking around the night. He turns his head at every sound, but eventually he leaves the city. No time for anti-courage. The time it takes to leave the city is about 20mins. Another 10 it takes to reach the forest from the route infront of the city, and before the forest. Marcus rushed into the forest after this 30min walk. First sight he sees, a Caterpie.

The Caterpie quickly noticed Marcus as he ran in, so the Caterpie began running away. Marcus chased after it, but stopped in his tracks as a Pokeball was thrown at the Caterpie. It was sucked into the ball, meaning it was caught. A young boy walked out, picking up the ball. He looked to be a bug catcher, with a net and a straw hat.

"Hey, thanks for scaring it. Now lets battle!"

"Forcing me into a battle, kid? Eh. Okay, bring it!"

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"Come on out, Caterpie, Metapod, and Weedle!" Yelled the bug trainer.

He threw out three Pokeballs, landing near his feet. A Caterpie, Metapod, and Weedle appeared, and looked ready for battle.

"Pika, Nidoran♂, ready!?" Marcus asked.

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Metapod advanced forward, as did Pikachu. Metapod attacked with Tackle, but Pika released an amount of electricity. The attack hit dead on, the electricity crackled around Metapod's body, paralyzing it. Pika then jumped forwards towards the immobilized Metapod with speed. The impact knocked back the Metapod. When it landed, it couldn't move. It was fainted. Caterpie and Weedle advanced forward in Metapod's place. Nidoran♂ stepped up, making this now a 2 on 2 battle.

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Caterpie and Weedle both attack with a String Shot. Nidoran♂'s horn got caught by Weedle's String Shot. Weedle after launched a Poison Sting. The String Shot fired from Caterpie missed Pika by a long shot. Pika then jumped before Nidoran♂, using Thundershock to blow back the Poison Sting attacks, attempting to cut the string with its tail. Its tail got caught,so Caterpie ran up and used a Tackle Attack. This knocked Pika off, leaving both it and Nidoran♂ open for attack. Weedle fired off a Poison Sting. The attack hit both Pokemon head on, damaging them. "Come on guys, we got to fight harder!"

Marcus yelled. Both Pokemon got up, Nidoran♂ shaking its head to get the String Shot off. Pika launched out a Thundershock, which quickly hit the Weedle and Caterpie dead on. Nidoran♂ then ran out, quickly kicking the opposing Pokemon with both of its legs. This knocked the two back. Pika and Nidoran♂ both lunged their bodies forward, Nidoran♂ in a Horn Attack, and Pikachu in a Quick Attack. Both attacks impact with the bug Pokemon, knocking them out. The bug catcher returned them to their Pokeballs, "Ah dang!"

"Good match kid. Certainly gave me a run for my money. Thanks."

Marcus said, before turning around to continue walking around the dense forest.

OOC: Hooray, I posted! If anyone acknowledged Marcus at the Pokemon Center, sorry for the inactive-ness D:
Still, hooray I posted.

 

[Miss Raichu]

Kassandra was completely exhausted, so much so that she didn't even notice the boy who came to sit near her. She was far to distracted by Chikorita, who was passed out in her lap, snuggled tightly against her, reviving a few comforting strokes from Kassandra as she slowly nodded off to sleep.

Delicatly stroking the over sized leaf which was mounted to the little things head, Kassandra pondered "What a strange little creature. I wonder how well it does it battle?"

"Here, you look tired." the boy beside her smiled and offered a small hand towel to Kassandra. She looked up and smiled, purely out of politeness. People made Kassandra uncomfortable, especially when they come bearing gifts she had no idea how to use. To avoid looking like a total idiot she took the hand towel from him and nodded.

"A 12 hour boat ride will do that to you." As Kassandra spoke her mind drifted back to that most terrifying experience. Oh how she hated the ocean. "You look pretty tired yourself." She awkwardly tried to break away from eye contact, focusing back down on her Pokemon. "Why is this guy talking to me? I have no idea what to say." she thought to herself.

She offered the towel back to the mysterious boy, praying he would not notice she never used it and had no idea how to.
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[Jim]

"I've already walked this far and it'd be pointless to walk back, just to walk back here tomorrow and be behind Kat and Fenra. Also, although I know very little about him, and have barely spoken to him, I know Fen the most and we need to train for our upcoming match. Plus there's a Pokémon Center in Pewter... But how far is it...?"

Roisin silently contemplated the choices at hand. Both of the options ended with a Pokémon Center which Caterpie desperately needed after it's battle with Weedle. "Back to Viridian or onwards to Pewter?" The latter seemed like the best choice as all the Trainers would have to get their eventually. Kozue and the others would be unaware but they could be called using Pewter Pokémon Center's phone and telling them to start their journey to Pewter where they would meet with Kat, Fen and herself. However there was no guarantee that the duo had made it to the end of the forest yet, they could be in some sort of danger.

"Pewter it is then." Roisin thought allowed. She seized the first PokéBall on her bag strap and threw it into the air. The red and white spherical device exploded open in contact with the floor, creating flash of extremely bright white light which took solid form as the blue and red crocodilian Pokémon, Totodile. Upon exit from the PokéBall, Totodile turned to his Trainer and started to shout. The angered Pokémon flailed it's arms and jumped up and down with an extremely frustrated face. Although the Pokémon only yelled the syllables of it's on name, Roisin understood that it was obviously angry from being withdrawn to his PokéBall without any prior notice.

"Sorry Totodile," she announced sarcastically. "But you were about to give us away, you got about an inch from Fen and nearly bit him!!"

Totodile turned away and folded his arms and pointed his nose into the air in disgust -again- and started to walk away.

"Ugh! Totodile! Stop being difficult!" Roisin yelled. "Get here!" she stormed off after the Pokémon. Totodile continued to ignore his trainer and continued to walk in the direction of the gatehouse. "Totodile if you don't stop there you'll be sent to your PokéBall and no playing with your toy for a week!" she screamed in a very motherly voice. Totodile stopped in an instant and stomped back over to Roisin. "Ugh, why can't you be like Kozue's Piplup?!"

Totodile flinched and stopped dead in his tracks.

"I'm s-" Roisin started as she knelt down to pat Totodile on the head. She was cut off when Totodile lightly nipped her finger and ran off. He dived under a hole in the fence near the gatehouse and ran into the forest. Roisin jumped up and charged forwards. She ran straight through the rest-stop without even taking note of its inside.

"TOTODILE!" she yelled as she started to sprint through the only path there was. It was extremely hard to see the path but the full moon illuminated the floor slightly. Luckily she had started running instantly so Totodile couldn't be far, especially for a bipedal Pokémon with stubby legs. "I must be the worst Trainer ever," she thought to herself as she arrived into a small clearing. Two paths led to either the left or right. Luckily a small azure coloured tail whipped around the corner as she arrived at the clearing giving her the location of her Pokémon. "Left!"

As Roisin threw herself round the corner she was relived to find a dead end and a Totodile. The Pokémon was sitting down facing the thick wall of trees that stopped him from escaping. As Roisin approached him she heard a sniffling noise. As she knelt down by Totodile's side she was even more startled that he was crying. "Totodile, are you crying?!" she asked in as much surprise as when he fell asleep on Prof. Oak's floor. In an instant Totodile turned around and started to flail his arms again in an attempt to hide the crying. "I wonder if there's anything about this in the Pokédex?" the baffled Roisin thought to herself as she pulled the red, matte, device out which was imprinted with a huge black PokéBall emblem.

"Now let me see... Totodile... errrm... Behavioral Observations... Emotional problems?" Roisin scrolled few the many menus until she found what she was looking for.

"Totodile, especially males, have a habit of showing off in front of people and Pokémon alike. This is due to it's territorial behavior. But when trust is earned, when the Totodile is alone or just by age, Totodile are known to be fun-loving, caring and happy creatures." came a recording. However the voice was male and sounded remarkably like Professor Oak's voice. "He probably recorded it from his research results."

"Listen, Totodile, you don't need to impress me with your 'macho-alpha-male' appeal you're my Pokémon, my friend and my partner for li-"Rosin was interrupted by a slight growling noise from the entrance to the clearing.

The duo turned around to find a small, lion-like cub Pokémon. Aqua and black in colour with huge ears. However one of the ears had a corner missing.

Roisin pointed the PokéDex, which was still in her hand, at the growling Pokémon.

"Its forelegs have a muscle-based system of generating electricity. All of its fur dazzles if danger is sensed. It flees while the foe is momentarily blinded." the regular female voice informed her.

The Pokémon was emitting sparks and baring it's teeth ready for battle.

"So, Totodile, are you going to battle?"

Suddenly Totodile jumped up and assumed Battle position in front of, a now standing, Roisin.

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"Okay, Totodile, use scratch!" yelled the now blazingly happy and hyped Roisin. Totodile seemed to share the same happiness and threw himself at the Shinx with it's claws bared, however Shinx made no effort to dodge. Totodile swiped this claws across the enemy Pokémon's face, but just as they made contact, Shinx's aura of blue electricity shot into Totodile for a super effective hit.

The PokéDex beeped and recognized the Attack as Thunder Shock.

"I've got it now, this Pokémon isn't afraid to take damage in order to return greater damage, probably how it got that chunk of ear ripped out,"

"Totodile, hang in there, Shinx Pokémon waits for you to attack and counters it! Let's try a ranged attack. Retreat and use Water Gun!" Roisin yelled confidently. After Totodile recuperated he launched himself back to his original position anf took in an extremely deep breath, filling his small lungs and then shot out a forceful torrent of water. Once again Shinx didn't move. He used the exact same attack as before only this time the electricity shot straight through the torrent of water, converting it into a huge beam of electricity which shot back to Totodile. Luckily Totodile only took some of the shock as it ended the Water gun almost instantly and dived out of the way, however he still took substantial damage, but it stood straight back up as if not to let Roisin down.

"To-to!" he yelled confidently, ready to resume the battle, no matter how damaged he was.

"How could I be so stupid?!! It's Rookie mistakes like this that could cost me battles and cause my Pokémon pain,"

OOC: I didn't finish the battle so Kat could cut in.

 

[Phanima]

He was happy to see the girl return the smile, although she seemed somewhat distracted by the green Pokemon in her lap, which was understandable since the majority of trainers around this area were starting trainers, so he assumed that she was one as well.

"A 12 hour boat ride will do that to you," she spoke with the slightest quiver, as she returned her attention to her Pokemon, "you look pretty tired yourself."

Accepting the still clean hand towel from the girl, Kozue watched as the girl attended to her new partner, occasionally glancing up at the door in case one of his companions returned.

Holding back a small laugh, the blonde nodded at the girl's statement. "It's been a long day," he started, stifling a yawn, small tears forming at the corners of his eyes. "But I'm waiting for some friends of mine."

It was then that something miraculously clicked in the boy's tired mind. Clapping a small fist in his hand, Kozue turned to the girl, who seemed a little withdrawn, and gave her a bright yet tired smile.

"Oh, oh, are you a new trainer?" he chirped, slightly invigorated. "There are a lot of new ones around this area, like me and my friends, we're all starting out as well. I'm not to sure if the others are willing, since they're not here," he added with a small huff, before returning to his previous disposition, "but I'm sure they won't mind if you join us, I mean, I'm super fine with it! Oh...but that is, if you want to join us of course..."

Retreating slightly, Kozue caught his breath and tried to survey the girl's expression before concluding his offer. "Um, yeah, well, it was just something I was thinking about," he admitted with a small laugh, scratching the back of his head, "but if you do want to come along, just tell me and we'll go, it'll be fun!"

Pocky, who had been stirring restlessly in his trainer's arms, finally awoke to the commotion and analysed the situation. Seeing the new girl and the Grass Pokemon in her lap, the baby penguin let out a small squawk and started tugging at his partner's sleeve.

"It's okay Pocky," Kozue started with a tired smile, attempting to relax the Piplup by stroking its top feathers, something he had become accustomed to whenever he became excited. "Try to go back to sleep, I'll explain everything in the morning."

With a wary look on his face, the small penguin shot the new couple a 'don't try anything funny' look, before retreating to his trainer's arms. Such looks were common gestures the Water Pokemon adopted when meeting new people and Pokemon, or Kat in some cases, but were all simply apart of the penguin's protective nature over his trainer. Something that had surprisingly developed quite quickly over their one day of travelling. Kozue of course, had little to no knowledge of such acts and saw Pocky's attitude as mere banter, petting him occassionally to quell his more disruptive outbursts.

"Oh, my name's Kozue by the way, Kamada Kozue," the blonde suddenly continued, his attention diverting back to the girl. "So, how about it?"

 

[Trainer Kat]

OOC: I know I said I wouldn't post. Jim set it up so I could catch Shinx though. xD

IC:
Kat couldn't help but stir. She could feel tension and anxiety, though she couldn't place it. Glancing over, she noticed Fen still sleeping. Axel, whom she had sent over earlier to keep the boy warm, had pressed firmly against Fen's chest, tail flame curled to avoid burning him and Forest, while still providing heat. The tension wasn't coming from Fen...so what did she feel? Gastly slowly rolled his eyes up to look into Kat's face.

"Do you feel it too, Gastly?" Kat asked, lightly petting his solid black center. "Or did I just wake you?" At that, she giggled. He responded with a gentle lick to her hand. She stood, Gastly shooting immediately to her side. Maybe she would get lost. But Fen had her Charmander, so he would know. He would know that she intended to return.

"Well, let's go check it out, huh?" Gastly simply licked her cheek. Now that she was covered in a generous helping of Gastly spit, she began to make her way through the forest. It was a combination of luck and Gastly's ghost senses that led Kat to Roisin's Totodile.

"Oh...ew...it's just you." Kat rolled her eyes and turned. "Well, 'scuse me, but I've got to find my way back to Fen." She didn't feel it was quite appropriate to tack on another "Fen", as he was still angry at her.

"Shinx!" Kat's eyes widened as she heard the familiar squeaky voice.

"It's...you're...that Shinx!" Kat exclaimed as the Pokemon looked at her through wide eyes. She turned to Roisin. "Were you trying to capture my Shinx?!" she demanded. Shinx gave Kat an innocent look. "Well, Shinx, you're gonna be mine!" She pulled a Pokeball out of her pouch, pulling her arm back before pitching it at the lion cub. The ball didn't even shake. Shinx was captured.

"Well, Roisin, that's how it's done." Her cerulean hues shifted down to Totodile before returning to Roisin. "You might want to get that little idiotic crocodile fixed up. My Shinx did a number on him!" she giggled, one hand raised to her mouth, though only three fingertips were visible through the arm of Fen's sleeve.

She turned and began walking back through the trees, hoping she was headed the right way. "Oh, and don't bother following me, Roisin," she said, looking at the brunette out of the corner of her eye. "Fen and I have important research to do." With that she turned, cheeks burning at the blatant lie.

Kat caught her Shinx!

 

[Miss Raichu]

"Oh, oh, are you a new trainer? There are a lot of new ones around this area, like me and my friends, we're all starting out as well. I'm not to sure if the others are willing, since they're not here," the boy added with a small huff, before returning to his previous disposition, "but I'm sure they won't mind if you join us, I mean, I'm super fine with it! Oh...but that is, if you want to join us of course..."

Kassandra was conflicted. "Umm, I'm not too sure..." she slowly trailed off, not moving her eye sight from Chikorita.

Retreating slightly, Kozue caught his breath and tried to survey the girl's expression before concluding his offer. "Um, yeah, well, it was just something I was thinking about," he admitted with a small laugh, scratching the back of his head, "but if you do want to come along, just tell me and we'll go, it'll be fun!"

Kassandra slowly lifted her exhausted gaze up to the boys face. "I really should try and make friends..." she thought. After a few moments of arguing it over with herself she decided and spoke with her usual soft voice "That sounds great, I'm sure if anything it will be a lot safer with more people."

The little bird-Pokemon that the boy had been holding in his lap let out a ear-piercing squawk that was left ringing in Kassandra's ears. A bit turned off by the noise she tried to force a smile. It was after all still a Pokemon. Chikorita was still fast asleep, and seemed like the bird's chirp didn't even faze the little gal. Kassandra giggled just slightly while looking over at the baby penguin's fearful warning glare.

"Oh, my name's Kozue by the way, Kamada Kozue," the blonde suddenly continued, his attention diverting back to the girl. "So, how about it?"

"My name is Kassandra" she replied. "And I'd be thankful to travel with you and your friends. But first, I really need to sleep. Just meet me back out here in the morning okay?" she smirked. Kassandra gently cradled her sleeping Pokemon into her arms and began to walk towards the public bedrooms. Before leaving his view, Kassandra spun back around to meet the eyes of the stranger who she'd just accepted to travel with. "I must be crazy" she thought with a small giggle.

She continued into the rooms and searched down the rows untill she found a free bunk. Being as silent as possible, she placed Chikorita gracefully onto the pillow, then slumped down into the bed.

((OOC: Pretty short, but it's mostly just conversation.))

 

[Phanima]

"Kassandra..." he repeated to himself as the girl turned to leave.

It had worked out great, she had actually agreed to join him. Kassandra and her leaf headed Pokemon would undoubtedly be a great asset to their already diverse team, he just hoped that she would be able to get along with everyone, since there had been some inevitable conflict between certain members already.

"Mhmm, so that makes..." he muttered as he started to count the group on his fingers, "...six. Wait, seven...mhmm, there's Kat, Pat, Roisin, Fen, Noah, Kassandra and me...yeah seven! There's seven of us!"

Pocky who had been rudely awoken only a few moments before, was now pushing his trainer to follow the new girl to the center's bunkers, where a soft and fluffy bed was surely awaiting them. Kozue however, had decided to continue waiting in the lobby in case anyone from his group returned from wherever they had gotten off to.

Ushering the baby penguin to follow the new girl if he was indeed sleepy, the blonde returned to his previous seat against the wall where he was given a clear view of the entrance. Pocky however, decided to remain loyal to his new partner and quickly scurried back into the boy's arms, where the teen happily accepted him. He had no intentions of warming up to the new girl, since she was another potential gal pal to keep away from his trainer, so getting closer to Kozue wasn't getting any easier. The shaggy mop of blonde hair and the body that went with it was his, and only his.

Of course, the boys didn't pose much of a threat and the only other girl who didn't trigger Pocky's warning glares was Roisin. Something about her didn't threaten the baby penguin and actually made him feel quite comfortable in her presence, so he thought it best not to look into it. Because right now was Kozue and Pocky time.

Feeling the delicate fingers of the boy stroke his feathers, the penguin looked up to see his trainer with his eyes closed and head tilted. He had finally fallen asleep. A little irritated at how things had turned out, Pocky decided that sleeping in his trainer's arms would be enough for the night and crouched into the boy's waist.

 

[Lash]

"You two did great! We should go find more battles!"

Marcus said to his two Pokemon. They both smiled up at the trainer, both Pokemon at his feet, walking with him. The three continues walking, searching around bushes and trees for more Pokemon. Turning side to side, in every direction, there is no sign of other trainers in the forest, only few weaker wild Pokemon. He sighs, his two Pokemon near him trying to sniff around. The three turn around quickly however, when a rustle in the bushes catches their attention. The bushes leaves are seen moving again. Marcus takes no time to react.

"Alright! Pika, use Thundershock!"

Pika nodded, quickly releasing a bolt of electricity into the bushes. Among contact, another trainer jumped up literally in shock. Pika ceased its shock, and the other trainer stood still. "Oops.. You okay?" Marcus asked.

"You just shocked me! Come on out, Butterfree! Beedrill!"

The trainer threw out two Pokeballs into the air. Released, were two Pokemon in flight. One a bee, one a butterfly.

"Sp a battle, eh? Ready you two?"

Marcus said, then asked his Pokemon. Both nodded, and jumped infront of him, ready for battle. Beedrill advanced, as did Pika.

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Beedrill fried off a Twin Needle, followed by a Poison Sting. Pika quickly fired off a Thundershock to counter. Both attacks collided, but no damage was dealt. Beedrill fired off String Shot attacks at Pika, which made contact. The attack was at its feet, sticking it to the ground, immobilizing it. "Pika!" Marcus yelled.

Beedrill quickly flew forwards, and began striking Pikachu constantly with Fury Attack. Poison Stings and Twin Needle attacks were too thrown into the attack. Pika was getting damaged, badly and quickly, losing health each hit. It began getting angry, cheeks sparking. Beedrill moved back a little. Pika took advantage of this moment, releasing a large mass Thundershock at Beedrill. It was hit head on with the shocks. Now fried, it fainted, falling down to the ground. Pika escaped the String Shot.

"Ah! Return! Go, Butterfree!"

The trainer yelled. Butterfree advanced out into the field, as Beedrill was sucked into the Pokeball by a red beam.

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Pikachu attacked first, firing off a powerful bolt of electricity. Butterfree dodged it, however, with speed. It then fired off a purple-shock attack, which hit Pikachu dead on. A Confusion attack, this was. Pika stood its ground through. Butterfree then flapped its wings quickly, stirring up a powerful Gust attack at Pikachu. The winds were too hard for Pikachu to move around in, but it still stood, trying to not get knocked back.

"Pika." Marcus said, nodding. Pika stood up, quickly jumping backwards in the Gust. Nidoran♂ stepped forward, ready for battle. The Gust attack had come to a stop.

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Nidoran♂ jumped forward towards Butterfree, horn aglow with Horn Attack. Butterfree collided with it in a Tackle attack. Both Pokemon damaged, Butterfree more so. Butterfree fired off a Confusion attack, Nidoran♂ barely dodged the attack. In dodging however, it left itself vulnerable for a Tackle. Butterfree took advantage of the dodge, Tackling Nidoran♂ head on to knock it back. Butterfree after fired off a Gust, knocking Nidoran♂ back even further. Finally, it fired off a Confusion attack to finish it off. Nidoran♂ took on immense damage, due to the fact that that Psychic attacks like Confusion were super effective on Poison types like Nidoran♂. The Pokemon was badly damaged, nearly fainted.

'Pika is too beat to battle.. And Nidoran♂ looks like its had enough..' Marcus thought to himself. "Retur--- wha?"

Marcus held out Nidoran♂s Pokeball, about to return it. His sentence was interrupted as Nidoran♂ got up slowly, wanting more fight. It yelled out. Its body glowed, and it gained mass in size, literally changing form. The change stopped, as the glow disappeared. Nidoran♂ had evolved into Nidorino.

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Nidirino jumped forward, now with more power and speed. Butterfree tried to counter with Tackle. The two attacks collided, but Butterfree fell to the ground, Nidirino being more powerful. Nidirino advanced forwards quickly, attacking Butterfree with a Fury Attack. Butterfree fainted from too many hits. It landed at its trainers feet.

"Ah! Return!" Said the trainer. He returned Butterfree, and ran off.

Pika approached Nidirino with Marcus. They bent town, looking at Nidorino. Marcus pet it, to see if it was still normal, which it was. Playfully, it tackled Pika and Marcus with a laugh. All three laughed, but quickly got up to keep going through Viridian Forest.